- Films
- 10
- Avg rating
- 6.43
- Peak run
- 1971’73
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
Ernest by the numbers
Average
6.43
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.50
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.75
rating spread
Career
49y
1971 to 2019
Total votes
414K
across every film
Best
7.6
The French Connection
Worst
5.2
A Force of One
Newest first
Filmography
| 2019 |  Shaft | 6.4 | 62,932 |
| 2000 |  Shaft | 6.0 | 86,228 |
| 1979 | A Force of One | 5.2 | 5,039 |
| 1975 | Report to the Commissioner | 6.7 | 1,574 |
| 1974 | Ghost in the Noonday Sun | · | 405 |
| 1973 |  High Plains Drifter | 7.4 | 74,405 |
| 1973 | Shaft in Africa | 5.9 | 3,491 |
| 1972 | Shaft's Big Score! | 6.1 | 3,904 |
| 1971 |  The French Connection | 7.6 | 153K |
| 1971 |  Shaft | 6.6 | 23,362 |
Better together?
Ernest Tidyman's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ernest Tidyman
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1972Ernest Tidyman
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